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Sabrina Erdely wrote for perhaps the biggest market in the world, with near complete freedom to choose where and what to report. It's unfair to malign smaller
by blfr 8y ago
Sabrina Erdely wrote for perhaps the biggest market in the world, with near complete freedom to choose where and what to report.
It's unfair to malign smaller market journalists. Some, and I bet not few, journalists go into this profession to be propagandists for their cause, whatever it is.
- danso 8y agoErdely wasn't accused of fabricating stories/sources, AFAIK. She was found to have been too trusting and sloppy in her reporting about someone who herself was fabricating stories.
- blfr 8y agoShe was convicted of defamation with actual malice. "Too trusting" doesn't even begin to describe the hoax she pulled off.
- danso 8y agoYes, you can still be liable for defamation when printing a false story, e.g. reckless disregard/negligence of the facts. My comment was that Erderly's failure/transgression was not one of fabrication. Doesn't change the damage of her reporting though.